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Marina Small Business Incubator Starts New Year Fresh with Veteran Incubation Firm
Business Cluster Development to Bring Experience from Panasonic, Software
Business Cluster and City of San Jose to Director Position at Local Business Incubator
MARINA, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Marina Small Business
Incubator, located at the University of California's Monterey Bay Education,
Science and Technology (MBEST) Center, in January announced the selection of Business Cluster Development (BCD) of Menlo Park to manage and refocus the incubator in its goal to develop new businesses in the Monterey Bay Region, and to position Susan Barich as the new director.
Barich comes to the Incubator with over 17 years of experience assisting businesses regionally and nationally, including seven years working with small and emerging companies through organizations such as Joint Venture: Silicon
Valley Network, Mission College in Santa Clara and the TEN/NASA Incubator in
San Jose. BCD, whose principals are Jim Robbins and Carol Lauffer, has participated in the development of 15 technology and sector-focused incubators in California in the past decade. These include the San Jose Environmental
Business Cluster, the San Jose Software Business Cluster and the Panasonic
Incubator in Cupertino. BCD will leverage the resources of both the City of Marina and MBEST during this important transition.
"BCD has proven success in developing stable and prosperous incubators," said Tony Altfeld, City Manager at the City of Marina. "And Susan brings a wealth of established management expertise to the incubator. Her diverse background provides a fresh perspective that will help us re-focus the organization's direction."
About Marina, MBEST and the Incubator
The City of Marina is located on the scenic Monterey Bay coastline in California, and includes parts of the former U.S. Army Fort Ord. The Marina Small Business Incubator, co-located with the MBEST center, is a not-for-profit business accelerator in close proximity to the more than 30 technology and science and research and education institutions in the heart of the region's unparalleled, year-round agricultural markets. In addition to their nearly 500 acres of developable land, the MBEST Center, fosters collaboration with and alliances among business, government, education, research institutions and policy makers as a regional economic development initiative formed in response to the closing of Fort Ord. In this effort, the City of Marina and MBEST together provide a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs in the Monterey Bay region to find business assistance, start-up support, access to dynamic research and a great place to grow their business.
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